How To Install libjpeg-turbo8 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-turbo8 on Ubuntu 20.04. libjpeg-turbo8 is IJG JPEG compliant runtime library. IJG JPEG compliant runtime library.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-turbo8 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libjpeg-turbo8`

libjpeg-turbo8 is:

Runtime library supporting the Independent JPEG Group’s standard for JPEG files.

This package contains the shared library which is a drop in replacement for libjpeg8, which has better performance than standard libjpeg by use of SIMD and other optimizations. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libjpeg-turbo8 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.0.3-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: libjpeg-turbo Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 558 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Breaks: libjpeg8 (« 8c-2ubuntu5) Replaces: libjpeg8 (« 8c-2ubuntu5) Filename: pool/main/libj/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo8_2.0.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 117588 MD5sum: 1995dec9707f7e0d827ae49301d2ab20 SHA1: a610cc205c0f3b724ca19a0dca6099141a722e60 SHA256: 0df3b0bc50605902d73a0619f32e4fbef86d123373480c5304af1645729cafc9 Homepage: http://libjpeg-turbo.virtualgl.org/ Description-en: IJG JPEG compliant runtime library. Runtime library supporting the Independent JPEG Group’s standard for JPEG files.

There are three methods to install libjpeg-turbo8 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjpeg-turbo8 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg-turbo8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjpeg-turbo8

Install libjpeg-turbo8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg-turbo8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjpeg-turbo8

Install libjpeg-turbo8 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg-turbo8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjpeg-turbo8

How To Uninstall libjpeg-turbo8 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libjpeg-turbo8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjpeg-turbo8

Uninstall libjpeg-turbo8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjpeg-turbo8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjpeg-turbo8

Remove libjpeg-turbo8 Configurations and Data

To remove libjpeg-turbo8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjpeg-turbo8

Remove libjpeg-turbo8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjpeg-turbo8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjpeg-turbo8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-turbo8 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.